Everyone has seen by now Obama smugly stating before the American people that his Affordable Care Act will be largely funded through elimination of waste and inefficiencies in Medicare. This is apparently accepted by most liberals without any specifics.

Let’s put this fantasy claim on a more understandable scale. Assume that a person knocks on your door and introduces himself as a household efficiency expert. He tells you that he can cut $32,000 from your budget by eliminating waste and inefficiencies. There are naïve people that would believe this and might say something like: “Great, lets proceed, and with those savings I will buy that new car that I need next week.” The more fiscal responsible person would say: “Show me the waste and inefficiencies. Show me an accounting of the savings and when will these occur.” And most importantly, “Do you have a record of accomplishing these things in the past?”

Come on folks. The Federal government has never cut significant waste and inefficiencies from any major program that it manages.